Bhagawatimai ( ne, भगवतीमाई) is a

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located in

Dailekh District Dailekh District ( ne, दैलेख जिल्ला ) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dailekh as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 225,201 in 2001 and ...

of Karnali Province of

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. The total area of the rural municipality is and the total population of the rural municipality as of

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...

is 18,778 individuals. The rural municipality is divided into total 7 wards. The rural municipality was established on 10 March 2017, when

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restricted all old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units (although the number increased to 753 later) as per the new

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. Pagnath,

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, Moheltoli,

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, Katti and Bada Bhairab Village development committees were incorporated to form this new rural municipality. The headquarters of the municipality is situated at Pagnath.

Demographics

At the time of the

, Bhagawatimai Rural Municipality had a population of 18,778. Of these, 99.9% spoke Nepali and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 42.4% were

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ne, क्षेत्री ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali speakers of Khas community, some of whom trace their origin to migration fro ...

, 26.6%

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, 15.7%

Thakuri Thakuri ( ne, ठकुरी) is a sub-caste of Khasas tribes in Nepal. It consists of the historical ruling class, and is made up of the descendants of the Great Khasa Malla kingdom rulers of the Baisi and Chaubisi principalities. The former ...

, 7.8% Hill Brahmin, 4.3%

Damai Damai ( ne, दमाइँ) is an occupational caste found among Khas people. They comprise 45 subgroups. Their surnames take after the subgroup they belong to. People belonging to this caste are traditionally tailors and musicians. They are ade ...

/Dholi, 2.1% Magar, 0.5% Sarki, 0.3% Badi and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 99.8% were

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and 0.2%

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

. In terms of literacy, 61.6% could read and write, 2.9% could only read and 35.5% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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References

External links

Website

On Citypopulation.de
Populated places in Dailekh District Rural municipalities in Karnali Province Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Dailekh-geo-stub